not right in the head

Idioms

Mentally unsound, as in Physically, she's quite healthy for ninety, but we suspect she's not right in the head. This usage was first recorded as right in his wits in 1662.

Example Sentences

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I think a lot of us don't know, when we're at the beginning of feeling not right in the head, what is going to be involved.

From Salon

He added in Russian, “Something is not right in the head.”

From New York Times

Mr Lane said: "I'm sorry I'm just not right in the head, if I was I would not have done that."

From BBC

"I have been called a loony, a psycho, a nut case, not right in the head... But it's in those situations that you realise who your friends are. "I am forever grateful to the hospital for their help and for the support of wonderful friends and family who haven't judged me or treated me any differently.

From BBC

“We’re not right in the head,” he said.

From Washington Times

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